Cotswolds & Shakespeare Country in the Landmark Visitor Guides series, exploring a range of places in Britain, Europe & the Caribbean, with a particular expertise in UK destinations. Each guide presents the reader with detailed, wide-ranging & accessible overview of the region or area, with a particular focus on history & culture, notable local attractions, the landscape, local events & family activities. A series of recommended walks & guided car tours exploring the region are also included in each title. The guides are arranged geographically by region & are ideal both for short & longer breaks, with practical guidance on recommended routes & tourist attractions, in addition to insightful inset boxes into local history, culture & traditions. Information on accommodation, restaurants & day-to-day information are more limited, though a compact Directory at the end of each guide provides basic listings of recommended accommodation & restaurants, as well as tourist information contacts & regional event calendars. International destinations also carry climate & country facts, basic phrases & other general travel practical guidance for travelling to the region. The British titles in the Landmark Visitor Guides series are highly recommended, covering titles that are rarely available from other publishers. ...

The ` Four Shires` of the Cotswolds make up an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty & this rural region is also packed with cultural treasures: castles & country houses, gardens & estates, Roman ruins & the historic Fosse Way. Author Caroline Mills shares her love of the Cotswolds with an enthusiastic, personal narrative guiding visitors from market towns to elegant abbeys, cheese-rolling competitions to Rollright Stones. This is a colourful guidebook that offers far more than dry practicalities; Mills interviews local craftsmen & characters, & reveals local stories & folklore. She shows the rewards to be had from `slow` breaks that allow you to get under the skin of the region, & highlights restaurants & cafes that use locally produced ingredients. Enjoy a performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company, find out more about the Cotswold Lion or discover the source of the River Thames. ...

In this new, thoroughly updated edition of Bradt`s The Cotswolds (Slow Travel series), resident expert author Caroline Mills shares more of her favourite places in a region that remains as popular as ever. The area covered
Includes:: the Cotswold AONB, the Cotswold escarpment, hills & valleys, the Wiltshire Cotswolds & the area known as the Four Shires, along with the lesser-known `hidden` fringes of the Cotswolds. Also included are the three Cotswold `gateways`: Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath & Oxford. Caroline Mills has lived & worked in the region for over 40 years & writes in an entertaining & engaging first-person narrative combined with authoritative information. Organised in such a way to encourage you to slow down & make it easier to discover smaller areas in greater depth, the guide

Includes:: features such as interviews with locals who bring character to the region, activities to try with children, personally selected places to eat, drink & stay, coverage of the Arts & Crafts movement, & plenty of options for car-free travel: walking, cycling, river boats & local buses & trains. Cotswold Farm Park, home of Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, is also included. Featured within the guide are quirky events such as the Cheese-Rolling competition & Tetbury`s Woolsack Races; numerous & distinguished breweries & micro-breweries, including the famous Hook Norton Brewery, Bath Ales, Uley Brewery & Stroud Brewery; Oxford University, the world`s oldest, & the source of England`s longest river, the Thames. The Cotswolds` rich & diverse man-made heritage

Includes:: many famous castles & country houses: Blenheim Palace, Sudeley Castle, Chavenage & Kelmscott; well-known abbeys such as Prinknash, Hailes; & gardens & estates including Painswick Rococo Garden, Westonbirt Arboretum & Highgrove. Roman history is covered, too, notably in Bath & Cirencester, together with the Fosse Way, one of the most important Roman roads in the country. The Cotswolds continues to endear itself to anyone who visits
- its harmonious combination of quintessentially English villages, charming provincial market towns, interesting & appealing countryside & a wealth of local food-&-drink producers makes it an all-year-round destination, whether for a day trip, a quiet weekend away or a multi-week holiday. The region offers an incredible array of accommodation from unique country-house hotels to delightful farmhouse B& Bs on working farms, luxurious self-catering cottages to glamping & camping in secluded countryside. Visitors that have a particular passion or interest for gardens, the Arts & Crafts Movement, historic buildings, walking, horseriding or rural pursuits are well provided for within the Cotswolds.





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The Cotswolds in the Short Walks guide series, produced in association with Ordnance Survey & published by Crimson; comprising a range of walking guides to popular British destinations. Each title

Includes:: 20 varied walks that are suitable for walkers of all ages & abilities & is accompanied by detailed Explorer 1:25, 000 Ordnance Survey mapping with colour-coded marked routes. The guides are structured in three main sections with different levels of difficulty- short & easy walks, those of modest length that may include uphill walking & more challenging routes that may be longer & over more rugged terrain- covering a total of 20 walks. Each walk has a mini summary & an information box with details of starting points, distance, approximate time, parking & any individual route features. There is also information on refreshments, local transport & public toilets en route. Appendices provide further useful information on walking safety, GPS, the Countryside Code, local organisations & Ordnance Survey maps.

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A brand new range of practical little walk guides endorsed by the Ramblers. All the walks are 5 miles or under in length & can easily be completed in less that 3 hours. 20 walks are included & use clear maps to show the route plus easy to follow walk descriptions. The beautiful Cotswolds, with its rolling hills & pretty little villages, is perfect walking country. The distinctive local limestone, varying in hue from yellow to cream to gold, inspired J B Priestley to say that the stone from which the characteristic dry stone walls & pretty little houses are built have 'the trick of keeping the lost sunlight of centuries glimmering upon them'. This guide, produced in co-operation with the Ramblers & featuring Ordnance Survey mapping, is the perfect way to really appreciate the gentle beauty of this area. This compact little guide contains walks, all of which are 5 miles or under, which are ideal for an afternoon stroll.
Includes:: 20 easy to follow walks which can be completed in 3 hours & under. Each walk has a detailed Ordnance Survey map with the route clearly marked plus a detailed description of the route. The walks have been chosen with issues like parking & refreshments in mind to make life easy for families. There are interesting facts about the things you'll see along the route. All the books include general information on walking & also the general area covered by the guide. Packed with colour photographs of scenes you will see along the walk.
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The Cotswolds & Gloucestershire at 1:100, 000 on the Ordnance Survey Tour Map No. 8, extending in the north-west to Great Malvern, west to Monmouth & Chepstow, south-west to Bristol & east to Banbury, Witney & Swindon. Insets show town navigation maps of Bath, Cirencester, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, & Cinderford, plus an overview of the whole area with cycle routes & national hiking trails. Additional topographic information along the Severn Estuary shows s&, dunes, foreshore & high water mark. Also included are lists of selected places of interest, market days & farmer markets. Edition E; Publication Date: May 2011 About this series: Ordnance Survey ...

The Cotswolds & Gloucestershire at 1:100, 000 on the Ordnance Survey Tour Map No. 8, extending in the north-west to Great Malvern, west to Monmouth & Chepstow, south-west to Bristol & east to Banbury, Witney & Swindon. Insets show town navigation maps of Bath, Cirencester, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, & Cinderford, plus an overview of the whole area with cycle routes & national hiking trails. Additional topographic information along the Severn Estuary shows s&, dunes, foreshore & high water mark. Also included are lists of selected places of interest, market days & farmer markets. Edition F; Publication date January 2014 About this series: Ordnance Survey ...

Cotswold Cycling Country Lanes Map at 1:100, 000 from Goldeneye in their series covering popular regions of England & Wales on waterproof & tear-resistant, double-sided cycling maps designed to highlight a selection of recommended cycle routes on country lanes & off-road. An overprint highlights the Sustrans National Cycle Network & regional routes, 24 cycling circuits recommended by the publishers, & 3 traffic-free family routes. The routes are listed in an information panel with distances & brief descriptions. Also listed are 8 local cycle hire facilities. The map shows camping & caravan sites, youth hostels, & numerous other places of interest. Unlike most other titles in this series, this map has no index. Current edition of this title was published in 2012. Maps in the Goldeneye Cycling Country Lanes series use altitude colouring to show the topography, with spot heights & plenty of names of geographical features such as moors, hills, etc. Road network

Includes:: local country tracks & railway lines are shown with stations. All the maps highlight recommended cycle routes but, as series is currently being revised, presentation and/or classification of the routes varies
- please refer to the individual descriptions. Symbols highlight locations of various facilities, such as campsites or caravan parks, & a wide selection of places of interest. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps are indexed & have no GPS coordinates.


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The Cotswolds at 1:100, 000 from Goldeneye in a series of double-sided, waterproof & tear-resistant cycling maps of popular regions of England & Wales designed to highlight a selection of recommended cycle routes & other tourist information. The maps use altitude colouring to show the topography, with spot heights & plenty of names of geographical features such as moors, hills, etc. Road network

Includes:: local country tracks & railway lines are shown with stations. All the maps highlight recommended cycle routes but, as series is currently being revised, presentation and/or classification of routes varies
- please refer to the individual descriptions. Symbols highlight locations of various facilities, such as campsites or caravan parks, & places of interest. The maps have no GPS coordinates. In this title: the map, printed on light waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, lists & highlights 28 recommended cycle routes with alternative variants & link routes. Also indicated are local sections of the Sustrans National Cycle Network, other regional cycle routes, traffic-free family routes & off-road routes. Symbols also indicate locations with youth hostels. The map is not indexed. Also included is a list of cycle hire points.


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The Cotswolds on a laminated, tear-resistant Insight Flexi Map, with a road map of the region & street plans of central Cheltenham & Cirencester, all indexed, plus brief descriptions of 20 main sights & other tourist information. On one side is a road map of the region at 1:141, 000 with colouring providing some indication of its topography. Road network emphasizes motorways & main routes, with driving distance shown on A & B roads. Various places of interest are highlighted, with 20 main sights prominently marked & each provided with a description. The map is indexed & has no geographical coordinates. Clear, indexed street plans annotated with places of interest, public buildings & selected hotels cover central Cheltenham & Cirencester. Also provided is a general description of the region, information on getting there by car or public transport, various contact addresses for tourist information & local tours, & notes on Cotswolds for children. Please note: current edition of this map was published in 2000. ...